Guardian art writer Jonathan Jones, one of this year's Turner prize judges, said this morning that he had wanted this year to be "an exciting Turner prize" – and, on his terms at least, we certainly have one. The list is full of seductive, intriguing, involving work that appeals to the emotions and the senses, and in which what you might regard as traditional techniques – drawing, painting – loom large. For the first time in some years, there's no video (chance not design, say the judges). There's a strong showing from the Scotland, showing, if any evidence were needed, that Glasgow is almost as important as London to the British art scene. Here's a quick run-through: a news story and commentary from Adrian Searle will come a little later.

Enrico David: a figurative painter, "but," according to Jones, this is figurative art, "not as we know it, Jim". His works recall surrealism and use imagery gleaned from commedia dell'arte, but "this is definitely not safe or conventional," says Jones.

Roger Hiorns: according to juror Andrea Schlieker, he is a "modern alchemist". He makes fire leap from drains; and has transformed a condemned bedsit in London into a magical cave of copper sulphate crystals.Lucy Skaer: her primary practice is in drawing, and she has recently started making sculptural work and installations. Solid Ground: Liquid to Solid in 85 Years (2006) is a sort of three-dimensional version of a Rorschach test: "She tries to unpick our understanding of recognition," says Schlieker.

Richard Wright: he makes intricate, mathematically precise webs of geometrical patterns on the walls and ceilings of existing architectural spaces. These are "spiralling, seductive, fascinating things for the eye," says Jones. "He is interested in formal beauty." Jones called him a "kind of fresco painter".